The top one reminds me of the F-4:

Call her "Stubby"....lol....

And by the way, I do have to agree with you Cliff on the Voodoo being the best looking Century Series Jet!

Son Of Medicine Man

Gamera:

Scorpiomikey:

Holy hell. Someones actually building something in here?

 

HAH! I'll have to get some photos up then! As said I'm done when the canopy top piece shows up.

 

BTW: Nice Voodoos guys, the 101 is pretty much IMHO the best looking of the 'Century Series.'

 

I think Mikey might have been just pokin fun at himself as much as anyone.  I mean Rich has been blasting away at building and posting pictures!

Ken

Probably, just seems like I've been grousing more than building...

Cliff

Son Of Medicine Man

So it does look like it has the bulkheads drawn out to scale, correct?

Have you ever done vac? I've cut chunks of it for mods, but never the whole kit.

Gamera

 

Son Of Medicine Man:

 

 

Gamera:

 

Scorpiomikey:

Holy hell. Someones actually building something in here?

 

 

HAH! I'll have to get some photos up then! As said I'm done when the canopy top piece shows up.

 

BTW: Nice Voodoos guys, the 101 is pretty much IMHO the best looking of the 'Century Series.'

 

 

I think Mikey might have been just pokin fun at himself as much as anyone.  I mean Rich has been blasting away at building and posting pictures!

Ken

 

 

Probably, just seems like I've been grousing more than building...

Cliff

i can't get them anywhere without getting the rest of the kit thrown in.

I've written to Revell here and Germany. The Germans have'nt written back.

It's making me crazy.....must....hold.....on............chainsaw......chainsaw.......lol

When I lost that tail gun for the B-52, I swear I dream't about it.......but the guys in white were very nice.....

and, they were right....I found it........under my chainsaw......yes.....chainsaw.......lol.....

poor guys.......wish I knew it was there BEFORE I picked up my chainsaw......lol.....

Such nice chaps, they were.......

Bockscar

Son Of Medicine Man:

So it does look like it has the bulkheads drawn out to scale, correct?

 

Yeah Ken.And if you notice, some stock styrene. They are just vac-stock cut-offs, it is thick enough, but your bulk-heads will need a couple of pieces or you'll need Evergreen.

Have you ever done vac? I've cut chunks of it for mods, but never the whole kit.

Nope, never have done vac.  But I have done U-Control balsa planes (when I was a kid), so if the bulkheads are drawn out to scale, then that would be doable.  I may have to buy that 1/32 vac kit.  So does it come with enough parts to do every version or just one?

Ken

Ken;

Sorry for the small pics, WYSIWYG, it's all there. Mind you, I was told you would need to get some accurate shots for the real scribing marks.

Also, some of the vac is so thin in corners it would melt if glue were put on it. The canopies are its weakest feature, but do-able, probably a Future finish would help.

Given you penchant for accuracy and patience, you probably could handle it okay, and make it look real nice.

There are some neat techniques for dealing with cutting and trimming the parts.

Dom

Bockscar

Gamera:

 

Son Of Medicine Man:

 

 

Gamera:

 

Scorpiomikey:

Holy hell. Someones actually building something in here?

 

 

HAH! I'll have to get some photos up then! As said I'm done when the canopy top piece shows up.

 

BTW: Nice Voodoos guys, the 101 is pretty much IMHO the best looking of the 'Century Series.'

 

 

I think Mikey might have been just pokin fun at himself as much as anyone.  I mean Rich has been blasting away at building and posting pictures!

Ken

 

 

Probably, just seems like I've been grousing more than building...

Cliff

 

Cliff, Okay, okay, I'll bight, Cliff....I need 2 F-84F canopies in 1/48.

i can't get them anywhere without getting the rest of the kit thrown in.

I've written to Revell here and Germany. The Germans have'nt written back.

It's making me crazy.....must....hold.....on............chainsaw......chainsaw.......lol

When I lost that tail gun for the B-52, I swear I dream't about it.......but the guys in white were very nice.....

and, they were right....I found it........under my chainsaw......yes.....chainsaw.......lol.....

poor guys.......wish I knew it was there BEFORE I picked up my chainsaw......lol.....

Such nice chaps, they were.......

Ok, ok, ROTFL!!!!

Hi folks.  Just a couple more shots of the Tigershark.  First coat of primer is on and drying.

Yeh I know.  it's got some non covered areas, but the second coat will get those.

Masking took a while. lol

Sparrowhyperion

Hi folks.  Just a couple more shots of the Tigershark.  First coat of primer is on and drying.

Yeh I know.  it's got some non covered areas, but the second coat will get those.

Masking took a while. lol

 

Looking good so far, ahem,,,,so far,,,,,lol....

Hoping the paint will stick Rich, you need some luck here for sure...

And Rich, not trying to be too critical here, that was a heavy coat, and not sure what the follow up finish will be.

When it drys, and if those little ripples on the back fuselage are still obvious, maybe hit them slightly with a 1000+ grit just so the finish doesn't do the Klingon fore-head/eyebrow thing......lol...

That is a very cool jet,

Dom

Son Of Medicine Man

Striker8241:

Hi, Ken.

You got me interested in the Cotton Pickers so I did some searching on the internet. Here is a link I found with some more images of the Cotton Pickers patches. It's near the bottom of the page and the page is really big so do a search for "Cotton Pickers."

Cheers,

Russ

 

Hi Russ,

I think you forgot to include the link you were talking about. 

Ken

Augh!  Sorry!! Here's the link:

http://ljmilitaria.com/mainusafsquadrons/usaf_1st___43rd_flying_squadrons___beercans.htm

Striker8241

 

Son Of Medicine Man:

 

 

Striker8241:

Hi, Ken.

You got me interested in the Cotton Pickers so I did some searching on the internet. Here is a link I found with some more images of the Cotton Pickers patches. It's near the bottom of the page and the page is really big so do a search for "Cotton Pickers."

Cheers,

Russ

 

 

Hi Russ,

I think you forgot to include the link you were talking about. 

Ken

 

 

 

Augh!  Sorry!! Here's the link:

http://ljmilitaria.com/mainusafsquadrons/usaf_1st___43rd_flying_squadrons___beercans.htm

As an old Boy Scout, thought I died and went to heaven!...lol

Thanks for the link, that's an afternoon of pure puttering!

Dom

Bockscar

Okay Ken here's the RCM vac VooDoo....must be half my age:

It provides three recon variants:

 

some of the vac is very thin, and was crushed a wee bit decade or so ago, but not catastrophic.

-Dom

Dom

Bockscar

Hey Russ:

As an old Boy Scout, thought I died and went to heaven!...lol

Thanks for the link, that's an afternoon of pure puttering!

Dom

Lol...my pleasure, Dom

Russ

Striker8241

 

Bockscar:

 

Hey Russ:

As an old Boy Scout, thought I died and went to heaven!...lol

Thanks for the link, that's an afternoon of pure puttering!

Dom

 

 

Lol...my pleasure, Dom

Russ

Any favorites?

Dom

Bockscar

Striker8241:

 

Bockscar:

 

Hey Russ:

As an old Boy Scout, thought I died and went to heaven!...lol

Thanks for the link, that's an afternoon of pure puttering!

Dom

 

 

Lol...my pleasure, Dom

Russ

 

Russ:

Any favorites?

Dom

Hi, Dom,

Turns out the link I found is only the tip of the iceberg - there are actually 6 pages that cover all of the Air Force squadrons. The home page for this enterprize is:

http://ljmilitaria.com/mainusafsquadrons/default.htm

Personally, I would be interested in the 6 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Clinton-Sherman AFB - I've never seen a patch for them - I do have a patch for the 70th Bomb Wing, however), 41st or 42nd Tactical Electronic Warefare Squadron (not sure which one I was assigned to at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand), 91st Tactical Recon Squadron (Bergstrom AFB, TX), 90th Special Operations Squadron (I was assigned to a special outfit called 1st Flight Detatchment that wasn't part of the 90th, but we supported their airplanes at Nha Trang, Vietnam), and 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Nellis AFB, Nevada). I have patches for the 91st and the 429th if I can ever find them again.

 Russ

WOO! I did something.

Spot whats missing.

Wow Mikey, that looks awesome!  Great job man!     

Okay, if I had to guess on what is missing, I would say either the antenna or the pitot.

Ken

HA both. I forgot to cut the hole for the antenna behind the cockpit. And im waiting till last possible second to attach the pitot as i always always always break it with in 5 minutes of installing it.

Once ive got my bench a little more clear im going to make a case for it.

On 14th december this year it will be presented to an ex diesel mechanic who was based at Bougainville with the RNZAF for his 90th Birthday. 

Scorpiomikey

HA both. I forgot to cut the hole for the antenna behind the cockpit. And im waiting till last possible second to attach the pitot as i always always always break it with in 5 minutes of installing it.

Once ive got my bench a little more clear im going to make a case for it.

On 14th december this year it will be presented to an ex diesel mechanic who was based at Bougainville with the RNZAF for his 90th Birthday. 

Wow Mikey, you did a great job on it man!  I guess we better get a badge put together pretty quick.

Ken

Thanks Ken. Didnt realise i was the first to finish. (Will be once i get the last 2 pieces on)

Mikey;

great coral dust and weathering.

Maybe the antenna got shot off on the last sortie.......

The backwash from the guns looks good.

Wish you luck on your entry,

Dom

Super job, Mikey! Looks awesome! 

Russ

Hi Everyone,

Well, after all that work with the wire trying to make the ejection handles I give up.  Trying to manipulate it into the shape ends up scraping the yellow paint off of the wire.  At this point I have spent so much time trying to get this small thing done I am ready to move on.  I will just give in and use the color photo-etch.

I will paint the top hood black on the ejection seats to replace the green that I mis-interpreted from that picture and let that dry.

Ken

Thanks guys.

Thats a shame Ken. Im assuming you clear coated and everything? Did you paint the wire with enamel or acrylic?

Scorpiomikey

Thanks guys.

Thats a shame Ken. Im assuming you clear coated and everything? Did you paint the wire with enamel or acrylic?

No, I didn't clear coat.  It had a pretty thick coat of enamel.  It just couldn't hold up to the bending and manipulation I was putting it through.  Maybe I will try it again on another cockpit, but I am ready to get moving past this point.  I still have plenty of the wire left over already made up.

Ken

What about, instead of wire, use cotton thread? Most ejector handles are pliable. So if you took yellow and black cotton. then braided them together. Wouldnt that work?

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

Well, after all that work with the wire trying to make the ejection handles I give up.  Trying to manipulate it into the shape ends up scraping the yellow paint off of the wire.  At this point I have spent so much time trying to get this small thing done I am ready to move on.  I will just give in and use the color photo-etch.

I will paint the top hood black on the ejection seats to replace the green that I mis-interpreted from that picture and let that dry.

Ken

That's not great news. When I think about the tiny scale, thin as Franklin's eyebrow, I have to give you full marks.

I'm not sure how you bent them, but in case this isn''t what you did, maybe try wrapping the finished wire slowly around a knitting needle or something to radius scale, maybe wrap it around three or more times like a spring, then snip the best part of the loops off with a Xuron?

I dunno. I like Mikey's idea of braiding thread.

Don't feel too bad though no matter what the outcome. Working on a project like that gets you to another level of the craft's experience, and you will use those skills and knowledge another time on another project.

Dom

Striker8241

 

Bockscar:

 

 

Striker8241:

 

Bockscar:

 

Hey Russ:

As an old Boy Scout, thought I died and went to heaven!...lol

Thanks for the link, that's an afternoon of pure puttering!

Dom

 

 

Lol...my pleasure, Dom

Russ

 

Russ:

 

Any favorites?

Dom

 

 

Hi, Dom,

Turns out the link I found is only the tip of the iceberg - there are actually 6 pages that cover all of the Air Force squadrons. The home page for this enterprize is:

http://ljmilitaria.com/mainusafsquadrons/default.htm

Personally, I would be interested in the 6 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Clinton-Sherman AFB - I've never seen a patch for them - I do have a patch for the 70th Bomb Wing, however), 41st or 42nd Tactical Electronic Warefare Squadron (not sure which one I was assigned to at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand), 91st Tactical Recon Squadron (Bergstrom AFB, TX), 90th Special Operations Squadron (I was assigned to a special outfit called 1st Flight Detatchment that wasn't part of the 90th, but we supported their airplanes at Nha Trang, Vietnam), and 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Nellis AFB, Nevada). I have patches for the 91st and the 429th if I can ever find them again.

 Russ

by the way, saw the B-52 bomb clip, what, with 28 loaded. Didn't catch the Mk or weight of those, I was thinking about 750 lbs each? Two clips per bay? -thanks

Dom

Thanks everyone.  I agree with you Dom, I gained experience and I am not giving up on the idea, just moving on for now because I want to get something done.  Mikey, you might have something there with the thread, it certainly would not lose the paint.  I have plenty more aircraft that will require the same type of ejection handles so I will save it for the next time around. 

Ken